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Penn VIPS honors high school seniors for community work
Penn Volunteers In Public Service (VIPS), part of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, and the Penn Business Services Division recently awarded six high schools students from West Philadelphia with $1,000 non-tuition scholarships. The ceremony was held at the Sheraton University City Hotel; MSNBC political analyst Joe Watkins served as keynote speaker.
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Pavilion project underway
An ongoing construction project is transforming a campus landmark.
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W.E.B. Du Bois' "The Philadelphia Negro"
Photo credit: University Archives Civil rights pioneer William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois was appointed a temporary “Assistant in Sociology” at the Wharton School in 1896 to conduct a detailed study of “the social condition of the Colored People of the Seventh Ward of Philadelphia.”
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History Lesson
Penn History Professor Richard R. Beeman has written six books and several dozen articles on various aspects of America’s political and constitutional history in the 18th and 19th centuries, including a biography of American Revolution hero Patrick Henry and “Beyond Confederation: The Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity.”
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Penn Nursing Earns City Citation for Work on Childhood Obesity and Diabetes in West Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — A group of students from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing who worked to prevent childhood obesity and diabetes in elementary school children from West Philadelphia has been commended by Mayor Michael Nutter.
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Penn scholar is named a White House Fellow
Penn scholar Mehret Mandefro has been named a 2009-2010 White House Fellow.
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“West Philadelphia: Building a Community” Exhibition to Open at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA — “West Philadelphia: Building a Community,” which opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on July 7, explores 19th-century architectural and urban development and features highlights of the community today.The exhibit includes watercolors by Scottish immigrant David J. Kennedy that depict area houses, institutions and streets in 1836-1898. Land maps, photographs and postcards also reveal the neighborhood during these years.
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Penn students help develop virtual West Philadelphia history museum
Photo credit: University Archives A 1905 postcard depicts St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and the twin houses on Locust Street east of 40th Street. A horse-drawn Wanamaker delivery wagon is parked alongside the corner storefront.
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Penn Nursing Joins National Health Care Day of Service, Promoting Health Care for Children
PHILADELPHIA — As a part of the National Health Care Day of Service, students from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing will be at the Please Touch Museum from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 27, promoting the Pennsylvania Children’s Health Insurance Program and distributing information on how to contact members of Congress.
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New tree exhibit set to open at Morris Arboretum
Photo credit: Herb White (top) and Paul Meyer (bottom) New at the Morris Arboretum this summer is an exhibit called “Tree Adventure.” Opening July 4, it explores the relationship between plants and people through a central theme: We need trees, and trees need us.